Singer Billie Eilish on losing over 1 lac followers after coming out as queer: 'Didn't realise people…'

American singer Billie Eilish has come out as queer and owing to that, she lost a major chunk of her following on social media platforms. The approx number of followers the singer has lost on social media in the last one month is around 117,350. Eilish broke her silence on the same recently. At Variety’s annual Hitmakers Brunch event, at the red carpet, the singer said, “I didn’t realise people didn’t know.” She added, “I’m just like, ‘Why can’t we just exist?’ I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I just didn’t talk about it. Whoops.” Billie Eilish officially released Guitar Songs across DSP’s last year. Two songs, the previously heard and much loved ‘TV,’ and a brand-new track titled ‘The 30th.’ Today’s release followed her surprise live performance and debut of ‘TV’ in the U.K. during her sold out HAPPIER THAN EVER WORLD TOUR. “We haven’t played a new song live before it’s out since 2017 or 2018,” Billie told concertgoers before she and her brother FINNEAS performed it for the first time. It closed with live vocals from her audience, recorded in Manchester’s twenty-one thousand capacity AO Arena last month. Both songs served a reminder that 20-year-old Eilish remains one of the most treasured singer-songwriters of her generation. Writing and releasing music both observational and reflective on her own life experiences and society - something all the greatest songwriters have done before her. Both songs are available to stream now. Billie shared with fans: “FINNEAS and I really wanted these to be yours as soon as possible. So here they are!! Performing “TV” on tour was such a highlight for us too, so we took the audio from the first night we played it in Manchester and put it in the song. I get shivers every time I hear it. Hope you love the songs and thank you for letting us share our music with you.”